| a. | 1. | Serving to assuage pain; soothing. |
| n. | 1. | Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings. |
| Noun | 1. | anodyne - a medicine used to relieve pain |
| Adj. | 1. | anodyne - capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect" |